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Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Some headlines and summaries from JTA
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Israel: Iran targeting us with drugs
Israel accused Iran of trying to flood it with drugs via Lebanon.
Yediot Achronot reported Wednesday that Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter, during talks this week with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, warned of the links between terrorism and contraband.
“Drugs are a strategic threat against societies and nations. The war against terror and the war against crime are two sides of the same coin,” he was quoted as telling American officials. “Iran is trying to flood Israel with drugs via Hezbollah.”
A main conduit for such trafficking apparently has been Ghajar, a town straddling the Israeli-Lebanese border that is monitored closely by Hezbollah.
During the recent war in Lebanon, Israeli forces occupied the northern part of Ghajar and have conditioned their departure on tighter security arrangements by U.N. peacekeepers.
Editor beaten in Bangladesh
A pro-Israel editor reportedly was beaten in Bangladesh.
The Jerusalem Post reported that Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, editor of the English-language Weekly Blitz newspaper, was beaten when 40 people stormed his offices earlier this month.
Among the protesters were lower-level officials of the ruling Bangladeshi National Party, the Post reported. Choudhury faces sedition charges for advocating ties with Israel.
Jordan, Syria discuss river rights
Jordan and Syria are negotiating water rights from the Yarmouk River, a source Israel also claims.
Jordanian spokesmen denied a “crisis” this week in how Jordan and Syria share the Yarmouk’s water, but acknowledged that the there were “problems.”
Syria shares the water during heavy rains, but what to do during periods of light rainfall requires further talks.
“The two sides will meet regularly in order to resolve all problems so as to reach a final agreement on all water issues,” Jordanian government spokesman Nasser Judeh was quoted as saying by the Jordan Times. Sharing the Yarmouk’s waters is a central aspect of the 1994 Jordan-Israel peace treaty.
The river runs through Syria and the Golan Heights and forms part of the Jordan-Israel border.
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